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By Joseph Finder Rating – 4 stars April 7, 2005 A Riveting ReadI read this book while suffering from a bout of the flu. In bed with a temperature approaching 103, unable to decide if I was going to freeze or sweat to death, I was up to the early hours It is a riveting story. Finder is a great story teller. This may be his best-book-to-date. It is a compelling tale, carried by complex and life-like characters. The story is fairly simple. The company man, Nick Conover, finds his world is collapsing. His wife recently died accidentally. He has been forced to lay-off 5,000 employees in his home town, earning him the nickname “The Slasher.” He is being stalked by someone who brutally murders his family’s pet dog. As I said, I did not care for the book’s conclusion. The author tells me he vetted it with a district attorney. I believe the author, but would not vote for the district attorney. These thematic disagreements beg the main issue, however. The ability to hold my attention while being as sick as I was unquestionably qualifies Finder as one of this country’s greatest writers of thrillers. I will be eagerly looking forward to his next novel.
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